STANLAKE J. W. T SAMKANGE (died 1988) was a rather early
Zimbabwean writer who churned out novels, essays, miscellaneous writings, and
other illuminating if at times polemical work. Best known for his historical
novel, On Trial for my Country,
Samkange was an early pioneer and visionary who initially studied in his native
Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia), South Africa (Fort Hare University), and overseas
(Indiana University, Bloomington). Samkange lectured in many American
universities before pursuing a career in politics whilst back in Zimbabwe.
Apart from On Trial for my Country (1966), Samkange
published many other works; including Origins
of Rhodesia (1968), African Saga (1970), Hunhuism or Ubuntuism (1980), The
Mourned One (1968), Year of the Uprising (1978), Among them Yanks (1985),
and On Trial for that UDI (1986)
Studies
History and
fiction: a study of the interface between historical record and imaginative
reconstruction in the novels of Stanlake Samkange – by Neville James Smith
The Struggle
to become Zimbabwe – by James Currey
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